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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comJazz hands and... murder? It seems that the Great White Way might have a heart of darkness. With a friend coming to visit me in New York City, I was recently perusing the current Broadway listings. As I read through the list of shows and...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comWhen I read that blues legend and guitar virtuoso Johnny Winter died July 16, a flutter of goose bumps ran down my arm, although I'd only spent a total of maybe three hours on the phone with the man in my entire life. For my music column...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > ArtsThe lead producers of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” are planning a musical adaptation of the animated movie “Rio” and a live stage show based on the film “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.”
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Art and design: Art | theguardian.comJeffrey Katzenberg, Linda Ronstadt, Maxine Hong Kingston were honoured at the White House for achievements in film, music, literature and the arts, as the president spoke about the continued importance of art, saying: 'The arts and human...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comWhat was more brilliant, Alfred Hitchcock choosing to use Salvador Dali to create the dream sequences in Spellbound or Dali's creation of these iconic sequences himself? The sequences if you recall are exemplifications of surrealist tech...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > Arts“Aladdin” and “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” have emerged as the biggest box-office winners of the 2013-14 season.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > DanceWatching the Bolshoi Ballet season that just concluded at Lincoln Center was like seeing the clock turned back, with all of the repertory predating glasnost.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts&Culture - latimes.comFreddie Prinze Jr. really didn't think his "24" co-star Kiefer Sutherland was all that.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts&Culture - latimes.com
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from ARTnewsLater this month, an artwork by the British, Berlin-based artist Katie Paterson will become the first ever to board the International Space Station. The piece, Campo del Cielo, Field of the Sky, resembles a meteorite, but is in fact a &#...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Fubiz™
Après sa série d’assiettes au graphisme inspiré par Adobe Photoshop, le créatif Todd Borka revient avec un jeu en bois fait maison, pour les enfants et les adultes. Il est composé de trois têtes de bois découpées en plusieurs parti... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comJeff Koons and Kara Walker are far from the first artists to explore the concept of life and death in their artwork. In fact, this concept is the very essence of what the art world constantly seeks to investigate. These artists have both...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts&Culture - latimes.com
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtBBC Two's documentary Children of Syria was affecting and impartial, says Benji Wilson
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > ArtsAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater will offer a tribute to the folk singer Odetta, as well as works by Robert Moses and company staples.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from ArtsBeatAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater will offer a tribute to the folk singer Odetta, as well as works by Robert Moses and company staples.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtThe purpose of this documentary was to encourage the sneering that underpins so much factual entertainment on TV, says Benji Wilson
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.com"Garden State," that ode to feelings and ending adolescence, came out 10 years ago on July 28. In honor of this anniversary, here are some charts to help you remember just how life-changing this movie was. We suggest you look at them whi...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts&Culture - latimes.com"Covert Affairs" star Piper Perabo has married beau Stephen Kay, a director and executive producer on the USA Network series.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts&Culture - latimes.comQuentin Tarantino's "Hateful Eight" will saddle up and ride out after all.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comThe days are long, the sun is scorching and that means ... It's time for the Gathering of the Juggalos! For some, that means hearing some of their favorite bands. For others, it's a quick and painless way to be labeled a gang member by t...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from ARTnewsThe Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum announced today that Christopher Scoates will begin this Friday as its new director. He succeeds Reed Kroloff, who held the post for seven years. Scoates was most recently director of the Unive...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts&Culture - latimes.com"So You Think You Can Dance" host Cat Deeley recently received her fourth consecutive Emmy nomination for reality show host, and we know at least one fellow nominee who's rooting for her to win.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comIf you are from Philly, they are not the Rocky Steps, but the Art Museum Steps. The steps were there long before Sly Stallone had Garrett Brown use a prototype of the Steadicam to run up the steps for breathless montages of panoramic vie...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > ArtsHBO offers up another grim episode of this series, with more questions and few answers.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Cool Hunting
GoPros have changed the way people shoot and share footage. Whether you're strapping yourself up with weatherproof HD cameras for a powder day, looking for a new angle on a shoot, or just messing around with friends, the applications for... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from ArtsBeat“Aladdin” and “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” have emerged as the biggest box-office winners of the 2013-14 season.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > ArtsThe Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is to be designed by Ma Yansong of the Beijing firm MAD Architects.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from ArtsBeatThe lead producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" are planning a musical adaptation of the animated movie "Rio" and a live stage show based on the film "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked."
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > ArtsVisitors from all over are lining up at the Louvre, the Vatican and the Uffizi museums, posing problems for institutions trying to balance accessibility with art preservation.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The Verge - Culture Posts
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comIf one goes by the calendar year instead of the traditional September-September definition of a Broadway season, 1964 was a banner year for Broadway musicals. In that 12-month period 16 major musicals debuted on Broadway. While musical c...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from MarvelousMarcello Barenghi is an italian illustrator that has found a massive Youtube following for his impeccable speed drawings. In each video, Barenghi shows his audience how he starts from a blank paper and finished with a hyper-realistic dra...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > TheaterNina Arianda and Sam Rockwell star in Sam Shepard’s “Fool for Love” at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Colossal
Animator and director Mikey Please of Parabella Animation Studio just released his latest stop-motion animation project, Marilyn Miller. The film screened at numerous festivals like Sundance and SXSW over the last year, picking up plenty... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from ArtsBeatThe Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is to be designed by Ma Yansong of the Beijing firm MAD Architects.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > ArtsMore than 40 people were treated for alcohol-related illness at a Keith Urban concert outside Boston.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts&Culture - latimes.comThe crisis in Gaza has provided a ratings boost for Al Jazeera America.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comBefore he began writing as well as directing his celebrated movies, Preston Sturges uncorked Strictly Dishonorable , a hit Broadway show. It was such a click that although it opened a little more than a month before the October 1929 stoc...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from ArtSlant - Openings this weekMies van der Rohe is such an historic presence. The aftershock of his innovation is still palpable, reflecting as it does the evolution of an “ international style after World War II .” It is hard to imagine, therefore, how o...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts&Culture - latimes.comMuch of the action in the celebrated miniseries "Fargo" pivots on a first episode scene in which Gus Grimly, Colin Hanks' single-dad deputy, pulls over Billy Bob Thornton's mysterious Malvo and then, after some major intimidation, lets h...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comIf you've ever enjoyed a parody video on YouTube, you may owe 'Weird Al' Yankovic a thank you. The musician was one of the first artists to ever make a career out of parodying other musicians' work . Years later, the trend of parody vide...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comOut Of The Blue , an all-male student a cappella group, chose to harmonize -- and swish their hips -- to a medley of Shakira songs for their latest video and charity single. Clad in Oxford University blue, their talent is on full display...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comLast week on my birthday, I released Season 4 of my web series Melody Set Me Free. Melody Set Me Free 4.0 "We KiKi" stars yours truly with Macaulay Culkin and The Pizza Underground. In the episode, P (Culkin) tries to convince KK Queen (...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Fubiz™
Les designers de chez Deutsche & Japaner ont développé l’identité de l’hôtel et du bar Speicher7. Harbor situé près du port de Mannheim. Du menu aux crayons, en passant le logo, les savons, les affiches et le site, tout ... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comIt's like, art , you guys. Over the weekend, two men were spotted strolling along the streets of Brooklyn, New York, one man riding a Segway scooter and walking a... uh, hipster, we guess. A tipster alerted The Huffington Post -- and app...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comIn recent years The Chautauqua Theater Company has consistently been among Chautauqua Institution most rewarding cultural programs. Under the astute leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Resident Director (and former co-Ar...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The Verge - Culture Posts
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comReaders live in a world of words, which we like to think of as a world of pure intellect and abstract thought. But books aren't just the concepts and stories that they contain -- they're carefully designed objects. Even ebooks and online...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from artnet News
Looking for summer reading that will entertain you without turning your brain to mush? The Guardian suggests Jonathan Gibbs’s Randall, a novel that asks readers to consider a morbid but fascinating question: what if Damien Hirst ha... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Lea Michele Will Guest Star on Sons of Anarchy Glee star and Broadway baby Lea Michele will guest star on Sons of Anarchy , her “ favorite show .” The Wrap repo...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzThe star-studded revival of Of Mice and Men played its final performance on July 27, but not before joining the Millionaire's Club. The production, which announced its recoupment last month, took in $1,038,106 last week—the fir...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureAlan Cheuse reviews A Replacement Life , Boris Fishman's humorous account of Holocaust survivors in today's New York.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureOnly one movie in July, Transformers: Age of Extinction , has broken the 100 million mark during its opening weekend. Box office receipts all summer have proven anemic. Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst with RENTRAK, talks to Au...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureThe transition from one part of the world to another is filled with anticipation, conflict and drama. These trips can herald life-changing transformations for families seeking out better lives.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzMy Big Gay Italian Wedding and My Big Gay Italian Funeral have extended their run through the end of the year. Both plays, which had previously announced an extension through September 28, will now run through January 4, 2015. The shows ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzThe previously announced West End production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rabbit Hole, starring Downton Abbey ’s Joanne Froggatt, has been postponed. The production, directed by Nigel Harman, had been...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzTony winner James Monroe Iglehart recently left his Aladdin glitter and fireworks at the New Amsterdam Theatre and joined the ladies of The View as a co-host. And who was their guest? None other than fellow Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzWho says you can have too much of a good thing? We have Constantine Maroulis reprising his Tony-nominated performance as Drew in Rock of Ages next month and Tony winner Andrea Martin swinging back into Pippin as Berthe after that. That h...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed over the weekend. Benedict Cumberbatch Sacrifices Screen for Stage As if we needed any more reasons to love Benedict Cumberbatch. It looks like the Sherlock star is sacrificing th...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzWait, we could have sworn Sierra Boggess was starring in a different Andrew Lloyd Webber musical! Looks like the Phantom of the Opera star is getting in touch with her frisky feline side in the upcoming episode of her Broadway.com video ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The Stage
Labour’s shadow culture minister, Helen Goodman, has taken to her brief with enthusiasm. While the responsibility to shadow the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is nominally led by Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, Goodman… -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzOh, it's time to start livin'! Lucie Arnaz has been cast as Pippin’s trapeze-flying grandmother Berthe in the first national tour of Diane Paulus' Tony-winning revival of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz’s Pip...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The StageNatalie Casey is to star in the world premiere of Chris Thompson’s Albion at the Bush Theatre later this year. Casey, whose recent credits include the national tour of 9 to 5 and Abigail’s Party…
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzReady to sweep Cinderella off her feet, Andy Jones will play the role of Prince Topher in the national tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella . As previously announced , Paige Faure, Broadway's current reigning princess, ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzAndrew Rannells is one busy guy—in addition to playing Hannah’s pal Elijah on HBO’s Girls , he’s also gearing up to star in Hedwig and the Angry Inch while filming the new movie The Intern at the same time. But th...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzFollowing an acclaimed run at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory, Gerard Alessandrini’s Forbidden Broadway will transfer to the West End. The show will play a limited engagement at the Vaudeville Theatre from September 9 throu...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureAlso: an excerpt of Haruki Murakami's new book; notable books coming out this week.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The StageThe London premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole starring Joanne Froggatt has been postponed, with its producers blaming scheduling issues. Rabbit Hole had been due to open on September 11 and run until November 22…
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The StageForbidden Broadway, currently running at the Menier Chocolate Factory, is to transfer to the West End. The show will move to the Vaudeville Theatre on September 9, and run until November 22, with press night…
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from The StageGoing to Dorset is always a pleasure. And not just because I spent all my childhood holidays there so I can get (very) nostalgic about Dorset. In recent years it has also been interesting to…
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzMala Hierba celebrates its off-Broadway opening on July 28. The New York premiere stars Marta Milans, Roberta Colindrez, Sandra Marquez and Ana Nogueira. Jerry Ruiz directs the production at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre. Written by Tanya Sa...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzScott Organ’s Phoenix , starring Julia Stiles and James Wirt, begins performances on July 28. Jennifer DeLia directs the one-act dark romantic comedy at the Cherry Lane Theatre. When Bruce (Wirt) and Sue (Stiles) meet four weeks af...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Antique TraderSeventy-two seldom-seen Elvis memorabilia, from private collections, will come to market during the first-ever "Auction at Graceland" held during Elvis Week. Read More + The post Graceland auction bringing Elvis artifacts to market a...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from 21C Media Group
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureIn the Land of Love and Drowning , the islands are a magical setting for three generations of one family living through the modern history of the territory as it passes from Danish to American hands.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureThe Harrier Jump Jet is known for vertical take-offs and landings. It also has an accident-prone track record, but that didn't dissuade one pilot from buying his dream plane.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureAn experiment at a new production of Carmen has many wondering how technology will affect operagoers' experience. NPR's Arun Rath talks to Kim Witman, director of the Wolf Trap Opera.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CulturePhilby was one of the 20th century's most legendary spies. NPR's Arun Rath talks with author Ben Macintyre about his new book, A Spy Among Friends , and the boozy secret to Philby's success.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureToday's puzzle is a game of categories based on the word peony (a type of flower). For each category, name something in the category beginning with each of the letters P-E-O-N-Y.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureBatman keeps avenging the death of his parents, but "it's not a vendetta, it's a crusade," says author Glen Weldon. "He represents the idea of: 'This thing that happened to me? Never again.' "
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureNPR's Lidia Jean Kott talked to Jason Aaron, the writer of the new female Thor. When she first talked to him she knew nothing about superhero comics, but after some research she became a fan.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureAndrea Camilleri's Angelica's Smile is the 17th book in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series. It's not as tightly plotted as the others, but Camilleri's trademark charm is still in place.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzSitting in bed all day with the covers over your head is fun, but you know what’s even better? Seizing the day, Newsies -style! There's so much to do, including Lindsay Mendez’s snazzy, jazzy covers, a brand new addition ...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from World of Dance » World of DanceOn location at JBWKZ Headquarters. National Dance Day 2014 “Werk while you Whistle” Simple Sessions – @Punkee_JBWKZ, @BTEK_JBWKZ, @KIDRAINEN_JBWKZ Now […] The post Freestyle Session 7/26/14 appeared first on World...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from Antique TraderDuring Potter & Potter Auctions' Aug. 23 sale, bidders will have the opportunity to get their hands on a unique side of one of magic's masters: Houdini. Among the items once owned by Houdini, now coming to market, is a scrapbook fil...
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from TheaterMania.comThe prolific playwright brings her sharp wit to Primary Stages.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014 from TheaterMania.comThe film actress chats about beauty, female empowerment, and the stress-dreams that preceded her first stage role since fourth grade.
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 from Antique TraderThe 1865 diploma received by Richard T. Greener, the first African-American man to graduate from Harvard College, is headlining the Aug. 6 sale at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Read More + The post Harvard’s first African-America...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 from The StageAfter a decade performing in international tap sensation Tap Dogs, Chris Ernest turned his attention to teaching. He founded the London Tap Spree, which takes place next month, and will see four of America’s top…
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureLifetime's general manager says the channel is trying to reflect "the true breadth" of America. It recently launched a reality show called BAPs — which stands for "Black American Prince or Princess."
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureAnton Corbijn directed Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his final roles — playing a haggard German intelligence agent in the film adaptation of the John le Carré spy thriller A Most Wanted Man.
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureGreg McKeown doesn't believe in "doing it all." In his new book he argues that we should pursue only those things that are truly important — and eliminate everything else.
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 from WhatsOnStage.com: ReviewsYou expect even the frothiest of comedies to offer more than superficial fun. But Terence Frisby's "Funny About Love" has considerable bite as well.
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 from WhatsOnStage.com: Reviews50 years since its last appearance on the Covent Garden stage, Schoenberg's opera makes a triumphant return courtesy of WNO
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 from WhatsOnStage.com: ReviewsThe Italians have a name for this genre – pasticcio. It signifies a confection of music by many different composers (easy enough to do in those copyright-free days) harnessed to an original plot.
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 from TheaterMania.comThe Broadway professional and philanthropist discusses what she gives up in order to give back.
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Friday, July 25, 2014 from Auction Central News
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Friday, July 25, 2014 from Latest Broadway BuzzAladdin star Courtney Reed is used to getting treated like a princess at the New Amsterdam Theatre, but on July 25, she had an extra special surprise. The Disney leading lady had her very own handprint ceremony at Planet Hollywood in Tim...
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Friday, July 25, 2014 from Auction Central News
